Pickup Topper? The Furniture experiment

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Thanks!

I have been altering a few corners, chamfers, accentuating some overhangs, and de-emphasizing some other parts which looked a bit ungainly. The top and bottom sections are still detachable, which has come in handy!
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Now I have started finishing the project, legs first. We already have other (purchased) pieces in the house with black legs, so this sort of goes along with that:
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I'm now prototyping a knob/latch system. Knobs were turned as a symmetrical pair on the SS lathe. For now the "dogbone piece" is a hardboard trial. When I get to a shape I like, I plan to make the real piece out of shop-made plywood (thin) a la the old Jim McCann method shown on Nick's videos years ago:
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At first, I had no clue where you were going with this project, Chris. But it's looking very cool now! :cool:
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Very cool Chris. Eclectic in style and very well done !
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It's original and it is beautiful and the craftsmanship is first rate! What's not to like?
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Thank you!
Moving forward from hardboard prototype to shop-glued plywood for the "dogbone latch," I thought on it a couple of days and decided to emulate shapes already in play on the copper hinges.

The 'plywood' was cut out and then finessed on the SS Strip Sander a bit. It's about 1/8" thick and has good rigidity; the glued-up veneers smelled sort of like lignum vitae when worked on the sander. Some leftover plywood is shown atop the cabinet :)
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I'm now in the finishing stages of the exterior so most of the mental stress is done. Inner decking, will be sometime as I get to it. Thanks for watching!
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I was really hesitant to take the thing upstairs because I was more and more noticing just how chunky it looked out in the open.

It was initially going to have a function in the Great / TV room, but it just looked too out of place. On the other hand, it is really looking better in the cool corner of the Dining Room. So.... it's a Wine Cabinet now!

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That is just outstanding work Chris. I like the design and the final look ... well done! :cool:
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